Valpellinese Soup
Ingredients
For 4 people - 100 g Parma ham - 150 g fontina cheese - 30 g pancetta - 30 g butter - Gravy q.s. - 1l broth - Sliced black bread - 1 cabbage - Spices to taste
Process
Separate the cabbage leaves, removing the tough outer leaves and the core, and wash.
Toast the slices of black bread. Put the cabbage leaves in a casserole with the chopped pancetta and let it simmer over a medium heat until they brown. In an earthenware dish, add a layer of bread slices, sprinkle with the gravy, cover with the cabbage and spices, then add a layer of parma ham and slices of fontina cheese.
Repeat the layers until the ingredients are finished. Pour the broth, so as to wet all the bread and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 1 hour. Serve in the cooking pot.